It's ironic that the most aesthetically pleasing flags are those of our enemies. It's not as if the Nazis can take credit for designing that emblem, as we all know its an ancient Buddhist symbol, but regardless the flag is incredibly well-designed.

I was about to add that one. I think it's my favourite corporate logo, for several reasons:

- It is legible as text: it actually says "CN".
- It strongly suggests the nature of the business, a continuous railway.
- It has no texture and only one colour, so it is easily reproduced for use on any surface (including by engraving): the side of a boxcar, a granite sign on a building, letterhead, a bucket of railway spikes -- there's no place you can't put it and still have it look good.
- It appears to be timeless: it fit in as well with the designs of the 1960s as it does today.

It's ironic that the most aesthetically pleasing flags are those of our enemies. It's not as if the Nazis can take credit for designing that emblem, as we all know its an ancient Buddhist symbol, but regardless the flag is incredibly well-designed.

One could argue that the whole aesthetic of their propaganda was very well-designed.

Someone pointed out to me that the old Northwest Airlines logo has not only the little compass arrow pointing northwest, but it also transforms the N into a W with a line through it. Never noticed this until today